Israel strikes Iranian sites in Syria

Syrian monitor says 11 people killed, including most likely seven  Iranians, in Israeli airstrikes that targeted arms depots belonging to Iran’s elite Quds Force in Damascus suburbs of Kisweh and Qudsaya.

LONDON - A war monitoring group says Israeli airstrikes in Syria early this morning killed 11 people, including seven non-Syrians who are most likely Iranians.

The figures come from Rami Abdurrahman, who heads the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition activist group with a network of activists across Syria.

The Observatory says the Israeli airstrikes targeted arms depots belonging to Iran’s elite Quds Force in the Damascus suburbs of Kisweh and Qudsaya.

Abdurrahman added that several other areas were targeted in Wednesday’s strikes, including the Mazzeh airbase in western Damascus where air defense units are stationed.